Composer

Béla Bartók

1881–1945 · Hungarian

43 catalogued orchestral works — all with instrumentation confirmed against a source.

YearWorkInstrumentationDur.
1903Kossuth (symphonic poem)4[1.2.3.pic] 4 4 4 — 8 4 3 1 — tmp+perc — 2 hp — str20'
1904Scherzo (Burlesque) for Piano and Orchestra, op. 23[1.2.pic] 3 3 3 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — hp — str18'
1905Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra, op. 13[1.2.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+perc — str21'
1905Suite No. 1, op. 33[1.2.pic] 3 3 3 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — hp — str35'
1907Suite No. 2, op. 43[1.2.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+perc — hp — str27'
1908Violin Concerto No. 1, Sz. 362[1.2/pic] 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+perc — hp — str21'
1910Two Pictures (Deux images), op. 104[1.2.3.pic] 3 3 3 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — 2 hp — str16'
1911A kékszakállú herceg vára (Duke Bluebeard's Castle), op. 11 (complete opera) · opera4[1.2.3/pic1.4/pic2] 3[1.2.eh] 3[1/Ebcl.2/Ebcl.3/bcl] 4[1.2.3.4/cbn] — 4 4 4 1 — tmp+4 — 2hp cel org — str — plus offstage 4tpt 4tbn60'
1911Two Portraits, op. 53[1.2.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+perc — hp — str15'
1912Four Orchestral Pieces, op. 12, BB 644[1.2.3.4/pic] 3[1.2.3/eh] 4[1.2.3.bcl] 4[1.2.3.4/cbn] — 4 4 4 1 — tmp+perc — 2hp — cel, pf(4 hands) — str25'
1914Hungarian Folksongs, BB 44 (voice and orchestra)2 2 2 2 — 2 2 2 1 — perc — hp — str9'
1914The Wooden Prince, op. 13, BB 74 (complete ballet)4[1.2.3/pic.4/pic] 4[1.2.3/eh.4/eh] 6[1.2.3.4.2sax] 4[1.2.3.4/cbn] — 4 6[4.2crt] 3 1 — tmp+3 — 2hp — cel — str45'
1915Five Songs, op. 15/16 (voice and orchestra)2 2 2 2 — 3 0 0 0 — pf — str17'
1917Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68 (orch.)2[1.2/pic] 0 2 2 — 2 0 0 0 — str6'
1917The Wooden Prince Suite, op. 134[1.2.3.pic] 4 4 4 — 4 4 3 1 — tmp+perc — 2 hp — str22'
1919The Miraculous Mandarin (complete, with chorus) · chorus4[1.2.3.pic] 4 4 4 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — 2 hp — str33'
1919The Miraculous Mandarin: Suite, op. 19, BB 82 (chamber reduction)1[1/pic] 1 1 1 — 1 1 1 0 — perc(2) — pf — str[min 2.2.2.2.1, max 8.8.6.4.2]19'
1923Dance Suite (1923)2 2 2 2 — 4 2 2 1 — tmp+3 — hp, kbd — str18'
1923Dance Suite, BB 86a (chamber reduction)1[1/pic] 1[1/eh] 1 1 — 1 1 1 0 — tmp(opt) — perc(2) — pf — str[min 2.2.2.2.1, max 6.6.4.4.2]17'
1926Mikrokosmos Suite (orch. Tibor Serly)3[1.2.3/pic] 2[1.2/eh] 2[1.2/bcl] 2[1.2/cbn] — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — hp — cel — str17'
1926Piano Concerto No. 1, Sz. 832[1.2/pic] 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 0 — tmp+perc — str24'
1926Three Village Scenes, BB 87b (Falun) · chorus1 1 3[1.2.sax] 1 — 1 1 1 0 — perc — hp — pf — str12'
1927The Miraculous Mandarin — Suite (Music from the Pantomime), op. 19 (1927)3 3 3 3 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+6 — hp, kbd — str20'
1928Rhapsody No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra2[1.pic] 2 2 2 — 2 2 0 0 — tmp+perc — hp — str11'
1929Five Hungarian Folk Songs, BB 108 (voice and orchestra)2[1.pic] 2 2 2[1.2/cbn] — 2 2 2 1 — tmp+perc — hp — pf — str11'
1929Rhapsody No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra2[1.pic] 2 2 2 — 2 2 0 0 — tmp+perc — hp — str10'
1930Cantata Profana · chorus3[1.2.pic] 3 3 3 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+perc — hp — str19'
1931Hungarian Sketches2[1.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+perc — hp — str11'
1931Piano Concerto No. 2 (1931)3 2 2 3 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+2 — str25'
1931Transylvanian Dances2[1.pic] 2 2 2 — 2 2 0 0 — tmp+perc — str7'
1933Hungarian Peasant Songs (orch.)2[1.pic] 2 2 2 — 2 2 0 0 — tmp+perc — hp — str9'
1935Six Songs, BB 98 (voice and orchestra)2[1.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 2 0 0 — tmp+perc — 2pf — str10'
1936Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106tmp+3 — hp, cel, pf — double str orch27'
1937Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, BB 115perc(2) — 2pf25'
1938Violin Concerto No. 2 (1938)2 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 0 — tmp+2 — hp, kbd — str32'
1939Divertimento for String Orchestra (1939)str orch only26'
1940Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra, BB 1212[1.2/pic] 2[1.2/eh] 2 2[1.2/cbn] — 4 2 3 0 — perc(3 or 2, incl. tmp) — cel — str27'
1943Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123 (chamber reduction)1[1/pic] 1 1 1 — 1 1 1 0 — tmp(opt) — perc(2) — hp — str[min 1.1.1.1.1, max 10.8.6.4.3]38'
1943Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 1163[1.2.3/pic] 3[1.2.3/eh] 3[1.2.3/bcl] 3[1.2.3/cbn] — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+2 — 2hp — str38'
1945Concerto for Cello, op. posth., BB 128 (Serly adaptation of the Viola Concerto)3[1.2.pic] 2 2 2 — 3 3 2 1 — tmp+perc — str21'
1945Piano Concerto No. 3 (1945)2 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+2 — str23'
1945Viola Concerto (completed Serly)3[1.2.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+perc — str21'
1945Viola Concerto, op. posth., BB 128 (revised version)3[1.2.pic] 2[1.2/eh] 2 2[1.2/cbn] — 4 3 2 1 — tmp+3 — str21'

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